Sudarshan Sahoo

{{Short description|Indian Sculptor}}

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|image =File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Vibhushan Award to Shri Sudarshan Sahoo, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-III, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on November 09, 2021.jpg

| caption = Sudarshan Sahoo receiving Padma Vibhushan award from President Ram Nath Kovind

|name = Sudarshan Sahoo

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1939|03|11}}{{cite web |url=http://www.orissagateway.com/features/Arts_and_Architecture/Art/Artists/Sculptors/Sudarshan_Sahoo/ |title=Sudarshan Sahoo |work=orissagateway.com |year=2000 |quote=Puri on March 11, 1939 |access-date=24 February 2013 |archive-date=29 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229011219/http://www.orissagateway.com/features/Arts_and_Architecture/Art/Artists/Sculptors/Sudarshan_Sahoo/ |url-status=dead }}

|occupation = Sculptor

|birth_place = Puri, Orissa Province, British India

|years_active = 1952–present

| spouse = Annapurna Sahoo

| children = Purnima, Ravi Narayan, Surya Narayan, Pushpalata{{cite web |url= http://mobilepaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=37§id=edid=&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=08-04-2010&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Mumbai&edname=&articleid=Ar03700&publabel=TOI |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131231013109/http://mobilepaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=37§id=edid=&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=08-04-2010&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Mumbai&edname=&articleid=Ar03700&publabel=TOI |url-status= dead |archive-date= 31 December 2013 |title=Times of India Publications |first= Nirali Dixit|last=Hathi |work=The Times of India|quote=his two sons, Rabi Narayan and Surya Narayan Sahoo |access-date=24 February 2013}}

| awards = Padma Vibhushan
Padma Shri
Shilp Guru

|website ={{url|sudarshancrafts.com

}}}}

Sudarshan Sahoo (born 11 March 1939) is an Indian sculpture artist from Puri, Odisha.{{Cite web |url=http://www.orissagateway.com/features/Arts_and_Architecture/Art/Artists/Sculptors/Sudarshan_Sahoo/ |title=Potrait [sic] Of A Master Craftsman |access-date=28 December 2013 |archive-date=29 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229011219/http://www.orissagateway.com/features/Arts_and_Architecture/Art/Artists/Sculptors/Sudarshan_Sahoo/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news|date=2021-11-09|title=Sudarshan Sahoo awarded Padma Vibhushan; know about the veteran sculptor|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/veteran-sculptor-sudarshan-sahoo-padma-vibhushan-odisha-legacy-7614588/|access-date=2021-11-11|work=The Indian Express|language=en}} He was awarded India's second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan in 2021 and India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in 1988.{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/padma-vibhushan-for-sculptor-sudarshan-sahoo-and-padma-shri-for-five-others-in-odisha/articleshow/80454443.cms | title=Padma Vibhushan for sculptor Sudarshan Sahoo and Padma Shri for Five Others in Odisha | publisher=The Times of India | work=Minati Singha | date=25 January 2021 | accessdate=25 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57307 |title=PIB Press Release: This Year's Padma Awards announced |publisher=Pib.nic.in |access-date=2011-02-02}}

Sahoo established Sudarshan Crafts Museum, Puri in 1977 and Sudarshan Art & Crafts Village, Bhubaneswar in 1991 with the help of the Government of Odisha.